Combined hay gatherer and loader.



J. M. PARRY.

COMBINED HAY GATHBRER AND LOADER.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 17, 1913.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

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.J. M. PARRY.

COMBINED HAY GATHBRER AND LOADEB.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17, 1913. 1 1 1 5,732.

Patented N0v.3,1914.

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COMBINED HAY sarnnnnn AND LOADER. l

To all eohomitmay concern: 1 7 Be it known that I, JosEPH MATTHEW PARRY, of lVestbury, Leominster, in the county of Hereford, Englancha subject of His Majesty the King ofv Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 'Wes'tbury, Leominster,

in the county .of Hereford, England, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Combined Hay Gatherers and Loaders of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in:

combined hay gatherers and leaders by which the three operations of gathering and loading and raking are performed simultaneously as one operation by one'implement. Said implement consists ofahay loader of any suitable construction combined withthe essential parts of two side delivery rakes 211 ranged so that when the combined machine is connected to anddrawn at the back of a wagon on to which the hay is to be loaded,

I delivered on to the endlesscanvasforother suitable conveyer of the loader part" of the implement and thereby elevatedand delivthe hay is collected. by the sidefdeliveryrake portion into what would be a windrow but which, by suitably revolving'tines, canvases or the like, is innne'dlately caught and ered on to the wagon.

Heretofore it has been proposed for combined hay gatherer and loaderv to be drawn behind, a wagon so as to collect and deliver hay into the same, said combined hay gatherer and loadercomprising an up wardly inclined hay'elevator mounted on two road wheels and having in front of and at the sides of it two side delivery rakes of the kind in which the tines are always in a co'rdance with this invention; Fig. 2 is a hanging position and aremounted on a series of rods carried byvtwo end disks and are drivenby the road wheels, and arranged under the loader so as to collect the hay into a windrow which byjwthe'loader' is caught and elevated and delivered-at the top of the same into the wagon which isconnected to the combined machine and drawnin front of the same. X My invention is carried into-practice as I will now describe by referring to theaccompanying drawings on wl1ich' Figure 1 is a side elevation of a combined hay gatherefr and loader constructed in accross sectional elevation tr part of the same taken on line 5X XofFig. l but with the loader part omitted; Fig. 3 is a cross'secspecificationlof Letters Patent.

Patented Nov; 3, 1914. l Application filed. Ju1y17,1913. seria nartaste. l I

tionalelevation on an enlarged scale of the swivel connection of the cranked axle of adjustable horizontal cross bar of the machine fran1e';'Fig.'%t is a plan of thesaid connection; and Fig. 5 isa part sectional plan of the inachina' [1]. In-the arrangement of my inVention-illus-" trated by mygdrawings'the hay loader part one, of the side delivery rakes to a vertically A is combined with two-sidedelivery rakes B B arranged underneath the inclined bottom part offthe hay loader A and in,

front of the same; asjthe machine is intended to be fixedat the back part of the wagon collecting" the l ay'a'nd which with the nachine istravelinginthe, direction indicated" by the arrowinl ig l; The' .fra1ne of the combined machine is inounted on a cross] axle l fitted with ctwio roadlwheels 2, 3, m, tary motion and "power for driving the]- loader part A and the side deliveryrakes B B being obtained frointhelroad wheel axle 1 by any convenient arrangement of-mecha The" hay struction and two sides are respectively markedy t, 5, and

the bottom of'the trough is marked '6. This. it i trough carries an endless, conveyer which travels up the same and carries the hay from i the lower part of the same and dellvers t over the top into the wago'n, sa1d endless conveyer being driven by any convenient means asby the-endless chain 7 which passes over rollers and gears with'the sprocket wheel 8'locsely mounted on the side trun- :nions'Q of the loader these trunnions being mounted in suitable bearings 10 on the top oft-he side frames 11, 13,fofthe combined machine. 121s theusual tlne. drum arranged at the bottom" of the troughA and slightly behind requires no further description.

:the s'ame'for the purpose of picking'up' the hay and'delivering it to the lower part of The two side delivery rakes B Baaie by preference of any'suitablerevolvingtype,

'with the tines controlled so that they are a 11o side delivery rakesshown on mydrawing's e i p are of a well known typefin which the tines."

always pendant when they revolve, The

which the machine is drawn and which would be on the right hand side of Figs. 1

and 5, the outer end of each cranked axle 17 being carried by a bracket 18 which supports the vertical spindle. 19 of a caster wheelQO, said spindle beingfurnlshed with i a set screw and collar 21, the position of which can be adjusted on the upright spindle 19 so as to adjust the height ofthe outer ends of the cranked axles17 and the distance which the endsof the tines 14 are above the ground. These brackets 18 are stayed at their proper distance apart by any convenient means as by the two stay rods 22, 23, which are connected to the brackets 18 and at their other ends are connected to the center pole 524 of the machine. Said center pole 24 is adapted, as by having a vertical pin 25, for connecting to the back of the wagon on to which the hay is to be loaded, and said center pole is fixed to the machine frame as by being bolted to the cross pieces 26, 27, the ends of which are fixed to the side frames 11, 13, and assist in maintaining the said side frames at their proper distance apart. The lower parts of the side frames 11, 13, are similarly fixed at the proper distance apart by cross pieces 28, 29,

bolted thereto.

In addition to the adjustable caster wheels 20 which carry and adjust the height of the outer ends of the cranked axles 17 of the side delivery rakes, the inner ends of the said cranked axles 17 that is the ends which are nearer to the road wheels are adjustable in height so as to adjust the working height of the tines 14 above the ground and also to enable them to be raised entirely clear of the ground when the machine is traveling along a road or part of the field where it is not required to work. This adjustment of the inner ends of the cranked axlesis by preference effected by the said inner ends being connected by swivel joints to a horizontal cross bar which can conveniently be formed of two flat section bars 30, 31, fixed together at a short distance apart and one above the other and. which stretches across from the side frame 11 to the side frame 13. Each ofthe cranked axles 17 can have a forked end 32 (see Figs. 3 and 4) which embraces the vertical sides of a swivel piece 33 and is connected thereto by a joint pin 34 so that the axle 17 can swivel vertically on this pin 34. The swivel piece 33 is made with trunnion like top and bottom ends 35, 36, which are mounted in vertical holes in the cross bars 30, 31, so that the axle 17 with the swix'el pieces 33 can turn about these trun nions 35, 36, when it is desired to swivel the side delivery rakes nearer together that is parallel or nearly parallel with one an-- other so that the machine will then pass through an ordinary field gateway. Before the said side delivery rakes B B can be thus swiveled the endless driving chain 57 hereinafter described has to be removed from its sprocket wheels and the connecting tie rods 2:2, 23, have to be disconnected at 37. from the pole The cross bars 30, 31, are as shown in Fig. 5 cranked into some what of a bow shape at 38 so as to be clear of the disks 16 of the side delivery rakes when they are swiveled parallel or nearly pa allel with one another as aforesaid.

lhe combined cross bars 30, 31,.with the,

swivel connections and the side delivery rakes B B are adjustable vertically up and down the side frames 11, 13, of the machine so as to adjust theheight of the tines as aforesaid and thus can conveniently be effected by the ends of the cross bars 30, 31, having tapped blocks 39 fixed between their ends, these tapped blocks forming nuts which are mounted on two vertical screws 40 the ends of which are carried by bearing brackets 41, 42, fixed on the side frames 11, 13, the brackets-41, 42, being fixedat sufiicient distance apart, and the screws 40 be ing made of sufficient length, to allow of the cross bars 30, 31, riding up or down the screws for a suificient distance. In order to enable both screws 40 to be turned simul- 'taneously so as to raise the ends of both side delivery rakes simultaneously the said screws can conveniently be operated by miter wheels 43 (Fig. fixed on the horizontal shaft 44 which extends across the machine from side to si le and is carried by suitable bearings 45 from the side frames, these miter wheels 43 gearing with corre sponding miter wheels 46 fixed on the two screws 40. on the shaft 44 for the purpose of turning it and operating the screws.

The mechanism for imparting rotary motion to the side delivery rakes B B from the road wheel axle 1 can be arranged in various ways but what I prefer is the arrangement shown on my drawings and particularly. by Fig. 2, where on the road wheel axle 1 there is provided a sprocket wheel 48 loosely mounted on the axle and driven through a clutch '49 on the axle operated by a lever not shown on my drawings so that the clutch can, if desired when the machine is traveling along a roadway, or is otherwise being moved and not required to work, be thrown out of gear with A suitable hand wheel 47 is fixed i an endless chain 50 on to a sprocket wheel 51 fixed ona counter shaft 52 which is suit ably supported in hearings on the machine frame and at the other end of this counter shaft there are beveled wheels 53, which drive a horizontal cross shaft 54 mounted in suitable bearings'on the frame. On the other end of this counter shaft 54 is a sprocket wheel 56 which by the endless chain 57 drives on to the sprocket wheels 58, 59, fixed on the disks 16 of the side de-' livery rakes. It will be seen in Fig. 2 that the endless chain 57 passes from the pinion 56 around an idle wheel 60 and over the top of the sprocket wheel 58 of the side delivery rake B and under and around the sprocket wheel 59 of the sidedelivery rake B so as to cause the two side delivery rakes to rep volve in opposite directions toward one arr-- otheras indicated by the arrows in Fig. 2.

The elevator part A is by preference carried on a cross axle 9 forming side trunnions on the top ofthe side frames 11, 13,

of the machine frame immediately above the road Wheels 2, 3, so that the elevator conveyer can when desired, that is when traveling along a road, be turned into a substantially horizontal position about its trunnions 9 and fixed in that position for traveling, or otherwise so as to reduce the height of the same when under a shed or the like out of use. On the counter shaft 52 there is a sprocket wheel 61 which by an endless chain 62 driveson to the sprocket wheel S on the conveyer cross axle 9 to drive the conveyer and the tine drum 12 at the bottom of the elevator in the usual way.

In order to maintain the elevator part A in its correct position for work as shown in Fig. 1 suitable means are provided such as two side stays 64 which are fixed respectively to the sides 1, 5, of the elevator trough and at their lower ends 65 are removably connected by bolts to the side frames 11, 13 so that they can be unbolted to permit of the elevator part being turned intoa horizontal position as aforesaid when required.

When the machine above described is" connected as by its pole 24 to the back of the wagoninto which the hay is to be delivered, the side delivery rakes 13 ,13 revolve toward one another and collectthe hay or other crop as aforesaid into what I would be a windrow but which by the re-,

volving tines in the tine drum 12 at the bottom of the conveyer is caught and delivered on tofthe endless conveyer part of the loader and thereby lifted and delivered on to the wagon. It will be understood that if desired or found necessary the upper part of the loader can be extended forward -as indicated by dotted'lines at 63 in Fig. 1-

which is a common construction in other hay loaders. L

The accompanying drawings illustrate rying my invention into practice but it will be understood: that my invention is not what I consider. to be the best way of car- M limited to the precise details shown as these may. be alteredto some extent without departing from the nature ofmy invention.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1.' A combined hay gatherer and loader adapted to be drawn behind a wagon to collect and deliver hay into the wagon, comprising an upwardly inclined hay loader mounted on and driven by two road wheels in combination with two revolving side de-g livery rakes made with constantly depend ing tines and driven by the said road wheels I i and arranged under said loader so as to incline outwardly from the road axle, to-

ward the front of the machine, saidside dc livery rakes having means for adjusting their height above'the ground at their inner en'ds,"and for swiveling them to bring their outer ends nearer together, and also having means for fixing their outer ends at-there- 3 quired distance apart for work, substantially as set forth. v

2. A combined hay gatherer and loader adapted to be drawn behind a wagon to collect and deliver hay into the wagon, having means at their innerends for vertically adjusting the height of the cranked axles of the rake tines, comprising in combination sidedelivery rakes vertically adjustable on the side frames of the machine,'c ross bars connected to said frame having, tapped blocks fixed between the ends of the bars forming nuts, said blocks and nuts being mounted on vertical screws,sa1d screws be. ing carried by brackets on the side frame,

and miter or beveled gearing operated by a hand wheel for imparting simultaneous rotation to the screws.

I In testimony whereof I have signed my a name to this specification in the presence of i y a two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH MATT-HEW PARRY. if

Witnesses: I I a ,Y

..-CHARLES BOSWQRTHITERLEY, B RTHAMATIL A DEELEY.

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